Frequently Asked Questions

Books

When Will (book title here) Be In Print?

Novellas:

Fated, Always, Laid Open, Cake and Believe are all novellas or short novels. They are too short to go to print on their own. Sometimes a publisher will put a few shorter works of an author together in one volume so they can go to print (usually if they are on the same subject/series/genre). Other times publishers might combine a few different authors’ shorter works into an anthology. At this point I don’t know of any plans for the books I name above to go to print.

Digital first:

My digital first books from Samhain, granted they are long enough for print, will release in trade paperback six months after digital release. Carina goes on a case by case basis. Goddess With A Blade (and all the others in the series so far) released in mass market paperback in December 2013 and later in trade size. I don’t know of any plans for Second Chances

Will You be Writing A Story For:

Wilhelm Ellis from the Federation Chronicles: Yes but not for a few years given my current schedule.

Damien Hurley’s brothers from Lush: Yes, those books, the Hurley Boys, released as a trilogy from HQN. Paddy’s book is first, The Best Kind of Trouble, followed by Ezra in Broken Open, and then Vaughan in Back to You.

Jonah and Levi’s brothers from Sway and Drawn Together: Yes at some point in the future it’s definitely in my plans to write books for the Warners.

Ryan Whaley (Mary and Cal’s brother from the Delicious books): Right now I don’t have a story idea for him. But if I do, I most definitely will give him his HEA.

Skye and Ryan from Cherchez Pack: The answer to this question used to be no, but as I’ve gone with a new publisher with the series, I’ll be hoping to give Skye and Phillip and Ryan their HEA 🙂

How are the Cascadia Wolves/de La Vega Cats/Bound By Magick books connected? What is the Reading Order?

The world in the Bound By Magick books is the same with Cascadia Wolves and de La Vega Cats. You do NOT have to read the Bound By Magick series to read the others or understand them (or the others to understand BBM). Each series focuses on the group and their individual problems but there’s a common timeline with the other series and a chain of events that happens in Heart of Darkness (that begins in Trinity actually) that echoes across the later books in all three series. Again, each series is standalone and it is not necessary to read the others – however each series does have a meta story arc that carries over multiple books with individual HEA in each story. Hope that makes sense!

The overall timelines goes like this:

Reluctant Mate(Cascadia prequel)

Pack Enforcer (CW)

Wolves’ Triad (CW)

Wolf Unbound (CW)

Alpha’s Challenge (CW)

Bonded Pair (CW)

Trinity (a crossover that has some Cascadia but starts the de La Vega series)

Revelation (dLV)

Heart of Darkness (Bound By Magick – again, this is just a timeline, you don’t have to read the cats to understand the witches, etc)

Chaos Burning (BBM)

Beneath the Skin (dLV)

Unconditional (CW)

Going Under (BBM)

Wild Darkness (BBM)

Within each series:

CASCADIA WOLVES

Reluctant Mate

Pack Enforcer

Wolves’ Triad

Wolf Unbound

Alpha’s Challenge

Bonded Pair

Unconditional

De LA VEGA CATS (Re-issued summer 2017)

Trinity

Revelation

Beneath the Skin

Bound By Magick

Heart of Darkness

Chaos Burning

Going Under

Wild Darkness

Will there be more Brown Family Novels?

The Brown Family Novels:

Laid Bare: Ben, Erin, Todd

Coming Undone: Brody and Elise

Inside Out: Cope and Ella

Never Enough: Adrian and Gillian

Laid Open (digital only novella): Ben, Todd and Erin

Drawn Together: Jonah and Raven

Are done for now. All the siblings have their HEA. You can also see the Browns/Copelands/Keenans in the Delicious series (Sway, Tart, Lush)

In the future, I do plan to write the next generation of the family. There are a lot of kids growing up! But that won’t be happening until 2015 at the earliest

Will there be more Chase Brothers books?

The Chase Brothers series:

Giving Chase: Kyle and Maggie

Taking Chase: Shane and Cassie

Chased: Marc and Liv

Making Chase: Tate and Matt

Is over at this point as all the brothers have their HEA. You do see the Chases in many of the Petal, Ga books (spinoff series)

Are any of your books interrelated and do I have to read them in order?

I have several series:

Federation Chronicles – erotic futuristic from Berkley Heat. Undercover and Relentless are set in the same world but are both standalone books. Insatiable, Mesmerized and Captivated are part of a three book story arc called Phantom Corps- so each book will feed into the next with one main story (war with the Imperialists) with an HEA for each couple in each book.

Delicious – erotic contemporary romance from Berkley Heat. This series features a group of women who live in Bainbridge Island, each is an artist in her own way. They’re also connected with the Brown Siblings world, but will stand alone. Books are Sway (August ’12), Tart (November ’12) and Lush (April 2013)

Brown Family – contemporary erotic romance from Berkley Heat – Laid Bare, Coming Undone,Inside Out, Never Enough and Drawn Together are all about the same group of friends and family. While it’s not necessary to read them all in order, you get to know the group of characters more with each book.

Bound By Magick – paranormal romance from Berkley Sensation. This is a contemporary paranormal world filled with Others of all sorts. The series: Heart of Darkness, Chaos Burning, Going Under and Wild Darkness are all part of one meta story arc with individual HEAs for the couple in each book. You don’t need to read them in order to understand the romance, but the larger story the series builds, is written to be resolved as a whole over the four books. Bound By Magick is set in the same world as my Cascadia Wolves and de La Vega Cats so events happen across the series in common, but from different perspectives and you’ll see many characters from those books within the BBM world but it’s not necessary to have read those other books to understand the story.

de La Vega Cats – paranormal erotic romance. This is a spin off series from my Cascadia Wolves set in Boston. There are significant story connections between the wolves and cats, and the first two books Trinity and Revelation ARE part of a two book story arc. Meaning that while each couple/triad gets its own HEA in each book, the story continues from Trinity into Revelation.

Cascadia Wolves – paranormal erotic – werewolves. These are also standalone but when dealing with details like Pack hierarchy and rules, it’s good, IMO, to read from the start to get a better feel for the universe as a whole.

Petal, Georgia – this is a contemporary small town romance series from Samhain. It’s a spinoff from the Chase Brothers and is set in the town of Petal. The first book, Once and Again, features Nathan Murphy, the second, Lost in You features Beth Murphy. Count on Me out in June 2014 will feature Royal Watson. Further books will feature other members of the Murphy family and some others in town. While they are standalone, the established relationships in the book stem from the Chase Brothers books so it’s not necessary to have read them, but it’s helpful if you’d like to know who Maggie and Kyle are, etc.

Chase Brothers – contemporary romance – sensual. This series is about four brothers in a small town. The first two are romantic suspense and as we’re dealing with a build up of characters and events with each book that feeds into the next, I think it’s nice to read in order. However, it’s not necessary.

Will There Be Any More Cherchez Pack Books?

It always makes me happy that the books and these characters are so enjoyed! For years the books sat and I figured I’d never return to that world, but in 2016 I was able to move the series to Carina Press and I’ll be hoping to write more in the coming years.

When will be the next book in your Witches Knot series released?

I loved writing the books, but the series is finished.

Will there be more FEDERATION CHRONICLES novels?

The Federation Universes are huge and limitless. At some point, yes, I will return to the series to write a book for Wil and Deimos. Not until at least 2015 though as my schedule is pretty tight until then.

When will be the next book in your Cascadia Wolves series released?

I’ve finished up with the first story arc – Enforcer through Standoff. I’ve got two standalones, Reluctant which is a prequel and Fated, which comes after Standoff. In October 2009, I released Trinity, which is Jack Meyers’ story and a spin off series, de La Vega Cats set in the National Pack territory.

Unconditional is the latest book and it crosses over a few of the series set in this world. It’s the start of a whole new story arc.

Future books in this world will often see characters from the other series set in the same world.

NOTE as of May 2016: I’ve got the first several books back and the current publisher is suffering some major uncertainty, so I don’t know when I’ll be back. But I will. Eventually. I’ve got plans in place to get new covers and blurbs for all the books and when they’re ready, I’ll get them released once more.

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